July 8, 2003

Judge dismisses pot conviction Not in Canada this time, but in the USA! Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK - A Fairbanks judge ruled the Alaska Constitution guarantees a local man the right to possess marijuana for personal use in his home   UPDATE: Link is dead, so go here. 4:57:17 PM

Palestinian Leadership in Turmoil After Bombing Reuters -  Mahmoud Abbas threatened to quit as Palestinian prime minister and offered to resign from a top Fatah body in a dispute with internal critics over peace moves with Israel, officials said on Tuesday. Ya that will teach them a lesson!  4:05:44 PM

Spike Lee: I didn't want to threaten Viacom's rights Newsday -  Spike Lee no longer believes that Viacom deliberately intended to trade on his name by calling its own venture "Spike TV," according to a statement read in court Tuesday. I offered them Buck TV, which I think sounds better, no reply. 3:29:16 PM

Judge seeks help from pot advocates San Francisco Chronicle - A San Jose federal judge, expressing sympathy for the suffering of terminally ill patients, asked medical marijuana advocates Monday for a legal "hook" to grant an injunction halting federal raids against a free Santa Cruz pot cooperative. 11:43:18 AM

Palestinian Militants Claim Responsibility for Suicide Bombing Voice of America - A faction of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed an elderly Israeli woman Monday. But Islamic Jihad's spokesman in the Gaza Strip said his group is committed to honoring the ceasefire it agreed to two weeks ago. 11:31:59 AM